creating or contributing to a situation where harm or damage occurs to others, or to data or equipment as a result of misuse

Violation of academic integrity may include:

plagiarism (see below)

cheating on an examination

submitting false or fraudulent assignments or credentials

falsifying records, transcripts, or other academic documents

improperly obtaining, or unauthorized possession of, an examination paper prior to the date and time for writing such an examination

impersonating a candidate at an examination, or availing oneself, or attempting to avail oneself, of such impersonation

aiding or abetting another person in academic dishonesty

Plagiarism is the submission of the work of another person, without giving credit to the original author, and representing the work as one’s own. It is a violation of academic integrity and includes, but is not limited to, the following forms:

copying from another student, or making information available to other students, knowing that this is to be submitted as the borrower's own work

use of unauthorized material

using direct quotations or large sections of paraphrased material without acknowledgement

submitting an essay written in whole or in part by someone else as one's own

submitting an essay copied in whole or in part from the Internet and submitted as one's own

preparing an essay or assignment on behalf of another student

copying an essay or assignment, or allowing one's essay or assignment to be copied by someone else